Sugar dispenser



T. C. SEWELL.

`SUGAR DISPENSER ug. l, 1933.

Filed Aug. 29. 1932 CJWeZINvEM-OR ATTORNEY 'Patented Aug.'1,1933 t 1,920,895 SUGAR -DISPENSER Theodore C. Sewell, Portland, Oreg. Application August 29, 1932.v Serial No. 630,340

Vs ciaims; (o1. 22148)' 4The object ofthe invention is to provide a device for the reception and dispensing of sugar and condiments, so that they may not be contaminated by extraneous matter; to provide a dispenser or" the kind indicated in which the contents is dispensedin designated quantities; and generally to provideA a dispenser which is of simple form and susceptible of cheap manufacture. i With this object in View, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated l:in the accompanying drawingbut to which em- CFI Gil

bodiment the invention is not to be restricted. `Continued use in practice may dictatev certain changesV or alterations and the right is claimed to make any which fall .within the scopeV of the annexed claims.

In the drawing: j

Figure i. is an elevational view of the invention partly broken away. n A y Figure 2 is a top plan View.

Figure 3 is a'sectional View of the discharge end-of the device in inverted position ywith thev parts in the nnal step of discharging aVV designated quantity of the contents.

Figure 4. is a view similar to Figure 3 but `showing the parte in the intermediate position which is just prior to the dispensing step. .The invention comprisesa container 10 made of acceptable material andof anyde'sired shape, the container being closed with aremovfv able cover 11, 'threadingly engaged with it, as indicated at 12. The cover isformedzwith an integral discharge chamber 14 which is placed in communication with the interior of the container through an opening 15 formed in the cover member, the discharge chamber'being provided with a'discharge mouth or opening 16. j

Positioned within the chamber 14 is v`an inverted cup member 17,'0pen onthe bottorrrblit closed on the top and having an integral actuating lever 18A extendingiromrthre "top and passing through a clearance openingglQv formed inv one Wall ofthe chamberY 14, this opening ex tending from the top wall of the chamber 14 to "a point spaced from butvadjacent the top face of the `cover 11.

A spring 20 terminally anchored to the lever or handle 1.3 and also terminally anchored to the top wall of the chamber 14, functions to keep the cup member 17 normally inthe position indicated in vFigure 4, when the cup member at that edge adjacent the top of the chamberl4 will bear onr the side wall of said chamberyso that the pull exerted bythe spring 20 Vwill tilt `the cup member up to'bring the oppositeedge above the opening 15. When the container is inverted, as indicated in'Figure 4, the contents will pass through the opening 15 into the chainber 14, filling the cup 1'1. 1f the lever-18 now be forced back toward the cover 11, the side wall of the cup will yfunction to progressively close the opening 15 and similarly uncover the open-` ing 16 which it closed lformerly, as shown in Figure 4. The contents trapped in the cup are then in a position to be Vdischarged. through the opening 16, as indicated in Figure 3.

Since Athe cup is of a specied size volumetrically, each operation of swinging the handle 18 will result in the discharge from the container of bulks of the contents substantially equal in volume to the volume `of the cup.

The invention having been/described, what is claimedv as new and useful is:

`1..'A sugar dispenser comprising a container,

kadischarge,chamber mountedbn the top thereof `and in communication with the container througha port in the top, the discharge charm ber having a discharge port, and a cup mounted in the discharge chamber and rockable to close the port of communication between the chamber and the Lcontainer and open the discharge port of the chamber, and vice versa. l

2. A sugar dispenser comprising a container,

a discharge chamber mountedon the top' thereof and in communicationy with the container "lthrough a port in the top, the discharge chamber having a 'discharge port, and a cup mounted in the discharge chamber and rockable to close vthe port of communication between the chamber and. the container and open the discharge port of the chamber, and vice versa, the cup being freely `mounted in the discharge chamber, and having an actuating handle extending through an opening in thefside wall of the discharge v chamber. n Y

3., A sugar dispensercomprising a container,

a discharge chamberrv mounted on the top there-A of vand in communication with the container through a port in the top, the discharge chamber having a discharge port, and afcup mounted in the discharge chamber and rockable to close the port of communication between they chamber and the container and open the discharge port of the chamber, and Vice versa, the cup be-v ing freelymounted in the discharge Ychamber and lhaving an actuating handle extending through an openingin the sidewall of the discharge chamber, and a spring'tensioned between the handle and ay point on the 4discharge chamber to yieldingly hold the cup rin the pcsitionof closurefor the discharge port and open position 1 for the port Vof communication between-thek con-` tainer and the discharge chamber.

THEoDoRE o. sEwELL. 

